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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T080000Z
DTEND:20260604T090000Z
SUMMARY:Registration
DESCRIPTION:Tea\, coffee and refreshments.
CATEGORIES:OTHER
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/1636375d756518776c50e22b002cc329
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T090000Z
DTEND:20260604T091500Z
SUMMARY:Welcome Speeches
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:OTHER
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/ef896602b2b90f5e1716d627ff26c736
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T091500Z
DTEND:20260604T101000Z
SUMMARY:Working Together to Support Trusted Stewardship of AI-impacted Content and Workflows
DESCRIPTION:This talk will address the role of the digital preservation repository and its expert knowledge specialists in the trusted stewardship of artificial intelligence (AI) impacted content and workflows. The fast rise of AI and its many unknowns create risks for our shared institutional missions of transparency and documented provenance\, but there are also opportunities for collaboration and action for the FIAF/IFTA community. The main takeaway is to encourage a community-centered response to the technological paradigm shifts brought by AI-impacts in digital repositories.
CATEGORIES:KEYNOTE
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/ba40328893255a0d254d1427436e65fc
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T101000Z
DTEND:20260604T103500Z
SUMMARY:Coffee Break
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
UID:ac83c2bd5abba8c0db397226663489af
URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/ac83c2bd5abba8c0db397226663489af
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T103500Z
DTEND:20260604T105500Z
SUMMARY:Archive Content Migration and Digital Preservation at RTÉ Archives
DESCRIPTION:Presentation of the programme of projects for the large-scale archive content migration\, digital preservation\, data modelling\, and plans for the use of AI in RTÉ Archives.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/2c9eafc7c3a18df490faf82a118ad6b9
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T110000Z
DTEND:20260604T112500Z
SUMMARY:From ‘Vote Leave’ to ‘Rave Dad’: unlocking a decade of television advertising in the BFI National Archive
DESCRIPTION:The BFI National Archive has been recording UK broadcast television off-air for 40 years\, and for the last 10 years that recording has been automated\, achieving 24/7/365 capture of 18 channels. Within those automated recordings we have recorded every advertisement broadcast across the UK’s commercial services – ITV\, Channel Four and Channel 5 – creating a comprehensive document of the nation’s promotional tv content\, through a decade of major political and social upheaval such as Brexit and the Covid pandemic.\n\nThis important – and very large – collection is undocumented and difficult to access. This presentation will describe parallel projects to change that:\n\n– Using metadata licensed from an advertising industry data provider\, to create records for all the adverts\, in our Collections Information Database\, making this collection fully searchable\, with rich descriptive metadata\n\n– Using the timings in that metadata\, to generate access to the digital media via our Digital Preservation Infrastructure\, enabling visitors to BFI Southbank to discover and view the collection\n\n– Collaborating on a post-doctoral research project with Kings College London’s Computational Humanities group to explore the potential for machine learning and computer vision to augment understanding and documentation of the adverts\, driving improvements in access and analysis of this huge dataset
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/e753a61df7fd9e04b437ef0ff56a1d8b
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T112500Z
DTEND:20260604T115000Z
SUMMARY:My Balkan(s) Project: Strengthening the heritage of public service media institutions in the Western Balkans
DESCRIPTION:The MY BALKAN(S) project is a collaborative framework designed to strengthen the capacities of public service media institutions in the Western Balkans in the areas of audiovisual cultural heritage preservation\, digitisation\, and contemporary valorisation. In collaboration with INA France\, the project acknowledges the importance of audiovisual archives as shared cultural assets in the Western Balkans region. It also recognises the common challenges these archives face\, such as limited digitisation\, fragmented institutional infrastructures\, restricted accessibility and the need to adapt archival content to contemporary digital environments.\n\nWithin this framework\, Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) is contributing as a regional partner through two interconnected activity segments.\n\nThe first focuses on digitisation\, training and knowledge transfer. The RTS Digitisation Centre operates as a shared resource\, enabling partner institutions to digitise selected archival materials according to internationally recognised standards and best practices. These activities are conceived as joint learning processes rather than commercial services\, thereby reinforcing institutional autonomy and technical sustainability across the region. A series of structured workshops and case studies will document the entire archival workflow\, from selection and documentation to restoration and public presentation.\n\nThe second segment explores new models of public valorisation\, particularly the proposed Balkan Cultural Atlas. This is a digital\, borderless platform based on geographical storytelling. Rather than operating as a centralised archive\, the Atlas serves as an experimental space for shared visibility\, collaborative development and regional dialogue\, while fully respecting institutional autonomy.\n\nThis presentation will demonstrate how MY BALKAN(S) combines technical development with regional cooperation by strengthening institutions and exploring shared digital tools. It will also show how audiovisual heritage can be used as a foundation for contemporary cultural exchange in the Western Balkans.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/eccfae47801077894b70000454ce9ccc
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T115000Z
DTEND:20260604T120000Z
SUMMARY:Librarian Visit
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
UID:2672b92eb6781e704043c34a90befbae
URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/2672b92eb6781e704043c34a90befbae
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T120000Z
DTEND:20260604T130000Z
SUMMARY:Lunch Break
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
UID:36c9f3503602e1d514aedd5ea031f575
URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/36c9f3503602e1d514aedd5ea031f575
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T125500Z
DTEND:20260604T132000Z
SUMMARY:True-to-Source Digitization at Scale - From Scanning to Industrialized Workflows
DESCRIPTION:Millions of 16mm film reels hold our shared visual history — and they are at risk.Until now\, digitization has been constrained by complexity\, cost\, and lack of scalability.This session presents a new approach to film digitization through a practical demonstration.\n\nAt the core is a simple principle: True-to-source digitization — no alterations\, no hidden processing\, no compromises.\n\nThe session shows how institutions can move from slow\, specialist-driven scanning to standardized\, high-throughput digitization workflows\, and how this enables the establishment of scalable internal capabilities.It is structured around three core dimensions:\n&nbsp\;• Physical & digital capture: How analog film is transformed into a digital signal — from illumination and transport\, through optics\, to sensor capture — and the key parameters that define quality (resolution\, dynamic range\, bit depth) \n&nbsp\;• Workflow & productionHow consistent\, repeatable workflows enable reliable\, preservation-grade digitization at scale&nbsp\; \n&nbsp\;• Organizational model & scalingA community-based model for organizing\, implementing\, and scaling digitization within institutions — enabling internal capability\, control\, and long-term sustainability \n\nThe session draws on experience from digitizing more than 250\,000 film reels in collaboration with leading broadcast archives.
CATEGORIES:DEMO
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/7e65dc45c40ec2029fb803df9a80c2c4
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T132000Z
DTEND:20260604T134500Z
SUMMARY:Getting a Grip on Your Collection: Seamlessly Connecting RSI Archivi’s Analogue and Digital Preservation Under an OAIS Umbrella
DESCRIPTION:RSI Archivi is currently completing the deepest preservation reform in its history\, redefining acquisition\, conservation and digital preservation within a unified conceptual framework inspired explicitly by the OAIS reference model (ISO16363). This presentation will outline how RSI is operationalising OAIS principles to create a coherent preservation strategy that seamlessly integrates analogue legacy carriers\, their digitized counterparts and born digital audiovisual content into a single long term preservation framework.\n\nThe talk will illustrate:\nhow RSI is developing its Preservation Plan\, governing preservation actions\, responsibilities and formats across all media types\, including a policy of digitise or dismiss for analogue carriers\;how analogue preservation\, digitisation workflows\, digital repository requirements and risk based dismission policies are getting connected to OAIS functions (AIP creation\, ingest\, preservation planning\, archival storage\, data management)\;how RSI is reinforcing its digital preservation infrastructure to move towards compliance with ISO16363 aligned criteria as a precondition for dismissal of analog originals.how preservation choices for analogue film\, video\, audio and non broadcast collections are integrated with digital preservation planning\, format sustainability and migration strategies\;how an archiving by design approach aims to ensure that new digital\, web only and social media content enters the archive in OAIS consistent ways\, with sustainable formats and reliable metadata.How RSI will ensure the long-term sustainability of the project by formalizing operational procedures into maintainable documents\, fostering knowledge transfer through mentoring and training\, and defining key RSI roles to guarantee continuity\, supported by a monitoring plan\, future implementation roadmap\, and compliance checklist.The session will provide a concrete case study of how a medium sized public broadcaster can align organisational transformation\, analogue to digital continuity\, and OAIS based governance\, ensuring preservation decisions remain transparent\, scalable and future proof.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/971f9bbabc5901fff38c8569bce53e7e
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T134500Z
DTEND:20260604T141000Z
SUMMARY:Transforming the National Theatre’s Digital Archive into an Accessible\, Intuitive and Engaging Experience
DESCRIPTION:The National Theatre has undertaken a significant transformation of its digital archive\, migrating more than 150\,000 assets and 200TB of material from fragmented legacy systems into a unified\, sustainable preservation and access platform.\n\nThis presentation examines how the organisation moved away from disconnected spreadsheets\, bespoke metadata structures and a limited discovery interface to build an intuitive\, standards‑aligned environment that supports long‑term access and organisational engagement. The session outlines the shift to using the Dublin Core metadata schema\, the adoption of CSV‑based bulk ingest\, and the decision to treat each production as a discrete workflow\; an approach that made large‑scale migration achievable and encouraged wider staff participation. It also highlights how the new platform has improved discovery\, increased visibility of creative roles across productions\, and strengthened cross‑departmental collaboration by lowering technical barriers.\n\nAttendees will gain practical insights into modernising legacy digital archives\, designing scalable ingest strategies\, and preparing for system decommissioning in complex&nbsp\;environments.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/da73cb432a55d1952ebb6ad1323049f0
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T141000Z
DTEND:20260604T143500Z
SUMMARY:BBC Archives Technology and Services: English Regions News Digitisation
DESCRIPTION:This presentation will focus on the challenges and learnings from the project to digitise local News cut stories held across the English regions. From the challenge of preserving this content while we still have the head life\, support and expertise\, to realising the opportunities of the regions moving to fully digital workflows\, releasing physical storage and maximising the value of this collection to support the BBC’s Across the UK strategy.\n\nThe project includes around 26000 video tapes and 15000 Film reels and we’ll cover the steps from planning and preparing the collections\, preserving the metadata\, to logistics and digitisation as well as curatorial considerations which help support the BBC’s editorial and commercial ambitions.\n\nThese are live collections and therefore there is a requirement to provide continued access while the collections are transferred from physical carrier to digital.\n\nRobust processes and quality assurance are key to driving confident disposal decisions of the digitised assets.\nEight months into the project\, the workflows and processes have bedded in offering us a chance to reflect on the experience and successes so far.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/1bbfcfc517f8e0f788ea7fba1025413d
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T143500Z
DTEND:20260604T150000Z
SUMMARY:Coffee Break
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/ad007f344902aa70ab109818ec389814
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T150000Z
DTEND:20260604T152500Z
SUMMARY:A Hands-On Demonstration of a Videotape Digitization Workflow
DESCRIPTION:This workflow demonstration closely follows the best practices and recommended procedures of leading archivists and preservationists. From tape handling to digital output formats\, from respect and care of the existing metadata to preserving the images as originally created\, the SAMMA system workflow process removes a significant portion of the technical load\, allowing operators to focus on the successful migration\, metadata enrichment\, and preservation of the videotapes they hold.
CATEGORIES:DEMO
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/3720f2b5a52afa93cdf93ab6673bc2c3
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T152500Z
DTEND:20260604T155000Z
SUMMARY:Azimuth Adjustments – Will we do all our collections again? New methodologies and improvements shared from the field
DESCRIPTION:The current methodology to correct azimuth on quarter inch audio tape based upon a combination of spectral tools and listening abilities has led in the last 25 years to common practices how to digitize tapes with wrongly adjusted azimuth. In a recent field test with senior archive audio engineers and young students\, a test was done to compare different approaches how to adjust azimuth – based upon ears\, spectral tools\, and completely new approaches. The test results of traditional and new methodologies will be presented\, which might put a new light and a question in the way how collections have been digitised in the past.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/d6fc51a6ae21b74d542909627cb66753
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T155000Z
DTEND:20260604T164500Z
SUMMARY:Future Heritage: Securing the Future of Today’s Digital Cinema
DESCRIPTION:The greatest threat to a movie is invisibility. As film production has almost fully transitioned to digital\, a dangerous myth still haunts our industry: that professional preservation of masters is an optional cost. Producers often leave their works – their most precious digital assets – in some informal limbo\, trusting that they will always be there when they need them. Thus future heritage and economic value float on fragile\, dispersed infrastructures\, with policies and practices still largely designed for an analogue era. This is how long-term preservation of audiovisual works has become a critical issue for Europe’s cultural memory and screen industries.\n\nThe panel discussion will explore how pan-European and national frameworks can better protect digital masters and related assets over time\, identifying best practices\, concrete policy options\, and cooperation paths that bring together preservation and access\, culture and business\, public good and private interest. Key issues include the definition of the master and its location\, the roles and responsibilities of rights holders and technical partners\, the models for preservation\, funding\, and sustainability\, as well as the adaptation of production workflows to meet long-term preservation requirements\, so that Europe’s audiovisual heritage remains accessible for future generations.
CATEGORIES:DISCUSSION PANEL
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
UID:5138980acaee996de2f99e9209dcceca
URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/5138980acaee996de2f99e9209dcceca
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260604T173000Z
DTEND:20260604T190000Z
SUMMARY:Welcome Reception
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:SOCIAL EVENTS
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/397a006f8cd56eb51d81e26fc0310529
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260605T083000Z
DTEND:20260605T090000Z
SUMMARY:Opening
DESCRIPTION:Tea\, coffee and refreshments.
CATEGORIES:OTHER
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/87cad33e3fe7e6d11132960196563a9d
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260605T090000Z
DTEND:20260605T092500Z
SUMMARY:DRI Labs: The new space for collaboration\, experimentation\, inclusion and sustainability
DESCRIPTION:The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is a CoreTrustSeal-certified trustworthy digital repository for the preservation of Ireland’s humanities\, cultural heritage\, and social sciences digital data for long-term access and discovery. As a dedicated digital preservation platform\, DRI is committed to the FAIR Principles\, and to fostering long-term access and re-use of the content we steward.\n\nTo that end\, DRI is launching a new project in 2026 called ‘DRI Labs’. The aim of the Labs is to facilitate data-level access to DRI collections for Open Research\, demonstrating the reuse potential of DRI datasets. It is designed on the International GLAM Lab model\, to encourage space for creativity and engagement with collections while also providing a clear boundary between regular service provision and opportunities for innovation that may require more trial and error. It will encourage an atmosphere that is transparent about failure as a valuable part of learning and provides space for diverse skills and experiences in the development of new resources.\n\nData reuse is an important outcome of digital preservation work\, and is attracting increasing attention from the Open Research community keen to assess and appraise the long-term value of the wealth of data now being produced. Projects such as DRI Labs\, which aim to draw attention to patterns of data reuse across communities\, will be useful in establishing new workflows that ensure a wide variety of data formats continue to be accessible and available as long as necessary.\n\nAn important feature of DRI Labs will be the integration of sustainable choices in all aspects of work\, both technical and social. DRI Labs offers an opportunity to test workflows that reduce the environmental impact of digital preservation activities as well as mechanisms to integrate care into our approach to environmental accountability.\nIn this talk\, we will explore how DRI Labs contributes to an understanding of the needs of data reusers and the environmental impact of new technologies for sharing data.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/1143159c80eea0b99f26f41bc72bc3ab
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260605T092500Z
DTEND:20260605T094500Z
SUMMARY:A Discussion on Media Preservation Best Practices
DESCRIPTION:We may all know what media preservation best practices.\nStill\, there may be doubts between the map and the territory.\nWhich are the good reasons at basis of recommendations?\nIf there are (good?) reasons to explore alternative practices\, how to estimate the impact of different approaches.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/eaee4b01bfea650c477f6f5f330bd32b
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260605T094500Z
DTEND:20260605T101000Z
SUMMARY:Metadata Salvage
DESCRIPTION:TV and radio scripts are a goldmine of metadata\, but many are trapped on outdated storage formats. In this case study\, we show how we are working to recover and preserve this vital information\, from building the hardware to analyzing and converting obsolete file formats
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
UID:1c10e00d4c893e7e48238b0ee1a02193
URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/1c10e00d4c893e7e48238b0ee1a02193
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260605T101000Z
DTEND:20260605T103500Z
SUMMARY:Coffee Break
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
UID:80d705d95ada8d4d385e1c90a8967dbb
URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/80d705d95ada8d4d385e1c90a8967dbb
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260605T103500Z
DTEND:20260605T110000Z
SUMMARY:The Archive Metadata Conundrum
DESCRIPTION:With so much metadata being produced today\, and holding decades of legacy information\, what should our metadata preservation strategy be in order to maximise the potential from legacy broadcast archives?
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a8f19a31efdacffe9abe539f0c4886b2
URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/a8f19a31efdacffe9abe539f0c4886b2
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260605T110000Z
DTEND:20260605T120000Z
SUMMARY:Sponsors Session
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
UID:04b566b26f1af7a1446df9a620516183
URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/04b566b26f1af7a1446df9a620516183
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260605T120000Z
DTEND:20260605T125500Z
SUMMARY:Lunch Break
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
UID:8defebf993bfd1c6dc170f89001892ce
URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/8defebf993bfd1c6dc170f89001892ce
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260605T125500Z
DTEND:20260605T132000Z
SUMMARY:Preserving Public Health on Tape and File: The Digital Preservation Journey of the VideoSaúde Archive
DESCRIPTION:Founded over 126 years ago\, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) is a leading Brazilian public institution in the fields of public health research and scientific development. Its scientific and cultural heritage comprises a wide range of archival collections\, including significant audiovisual holdings that document public health policies\, institutional activities\, and social transformations in Brazil. Within this institutional framework\, VideoSaúde Distribuidora da Fiocruz (VSD) is responsible for the production\, preservation\, and dissemination of audiovisual materials related to public health\, maintaining an archival collection accumulated over 38 years and consisting of approximately 9\,500 publicly accessible items through its open-access online catalogue\, the Banco de Recursos Audiovisuais em Saúde (BRAVS).\n\nThis presentation provides an overview of VSD’s actions in the management and digital preservation of its audiovisual archive\, in alignment with Fiocruz’s preservation policies. On academic and technical fronts\, studies were carried out to assess the archive and define preservation metadata profiles consistent with international standards such as ISO 14721:2025 (OAIS) and ISO 16363:2012\, as well as with national archival guidelines. These efforts informed the development of dedicated digitisation workflows\, the VSD Digitisation Plan\, and the design of the VSD Preservation Management System (SGP VSD). Additional work includes the implementation of the PREMIS metadata standard and the encoding of semantic units in XML to document digital preservation processes.\n\nThese initiatives were strengthened by the deployment of Archivematica\, enabling structured experimentation\, testing\, and dissemination of results regarding its applicability to VSD’s audiovisual holdings. In parallel\, the unit’s participation in an interinstitutional cooperation agreement supported the creation of the Video Digitisation Laboratory (Lab VSD) and the technical planning of its infrastructure\, paving the way for integration into a Trusted Digital Repository framework.\n\nTogether\, these advancements consolidate preservation practices aligned with international standards and contribute to ensuring the long-term authenticity\, integrity\, and accessibility of Fiocruz’s audiovisual heritage\, reaffirming VSD’s role in safeguarding the memory of public health in Brazil.
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/abf7c263e200e4c26b0b255e8e746df2
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260605T132000Z
DTEND:20260605T134500Z
SUMMARY:Embedding Theoretical and Practical Training into the Preservation Workflow
DESCRIPTION:Among the BFI National Archive’s myriad television treasures sits the TVAM collection. A monument of British commercial breakfast television innovation\, these recordings contain an exciting slice of UK heritage\, traversing the period from early 80s into the 1990s. Programmes were recorded ‘as broadcast’ at the TVAM studios in London\, many of which on the lesser used Panasonic alternative to Betacam\, MII. As with so many videotape formats from the time\, there are now complex challenges with obsolete machinery to overcome as well as physical degradation to contend with before any attempts can be made to digitise the programmes for long term digital preservation and access.\n\nThe proposed presentation will reveal how the BFI has taken the opportunity to incorporate one of its Archive Trainees into the investigative and process forming stages to prepare both themselves and operational colleagues for a workflow tailored specifically to the needs of a relatively rare videotape formats. On the seminar stage will be both the trainee Thom Walker and his mentor Charles Fairall\, who together will discuss the journey so far\, showing the successes and practical challenges encountered along the way.\n\n
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
UID:c34c7f7699c9440172c8381d29053d73
URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/c34c7f7699c9440172c8381d29053d73
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260605T134500Z
DTEND:20260605T141000Z
SUMMARY:Migramann to the rescue: Designing\, planning and implementing a large-scale DVD migration program in-house
DESCRIPTION:Since 1995\, the Institut national de l’audiovisuel (INA) has been entrusted with the legal deposit of audiovisual works in France. Its responsibilities include preserving and ensuring accessibility to all broadcast programs for research purposes. Additionally\, INA has been doing off-air TV & radio recording since 2002\, collecting an impressive 24 million hours of audiovisual content.\n\nThe increasing volume of content recorded under legal deposit has made traditional shelf-based storage impractical. It has become essential to centralize the files within INA’s digital preservation storage to ensure their long-term preservation\, rapid access\, and facilitate future archival migrations. One approach has been to develop a direct flow of new incoming files to the digital library. The second step\, taking place between 2023 – 2028\, is to migrate all 15 millions hours of back programs stored on older storage media (DVDs\, SDLTs\, LTOs) to INA’s main LTO 9 library.\n\nThe large-scale migration campaign is carried out entirely in-house and led by the off-air recording department. This presentation will focus on the design\, planning and implementation of the migration of 320.000 DVDs\, covering the period 2002-2008. The first part of the presentation will be dedicated to a general overview of the project and its scope before delving into the specific tools developed for the project\, and in particular its driving force\, the INA-built software “Migramann.”\n\n
CATEGORIES:PRESENTATION
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/a6eebe60ab0bcc7ae2f9469e4199da70
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260605T141000Z
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SUMMARY:The Digital Preservation Lifecycle – Building skills and workflows for content longevity
DESCRIPTION:This demonstration will show the core stages of a digital preservation workflow: identification\, validation\, and characterisation. Using CloudViPER [5]\, a browser-based virtual environment pre-loaded with open-source preservation tools\, we will show practical use with a curated sample corpus to demonstrate how these stages connect to form a coherent preservation workflow.\n\nAligned with the themes of the FIAT/IFTA Preservation & Migration Commission (PMC)\, our demonstration emphasizes preservation formats\, preservation of metadata\, and use of the OAIS model\, using industry-standard tools and showing how these tools can be used together into automated policy-driven workflows.Making use of the OPF Reference Workflow [1] and frameworks such as the NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation [2]\, we will demonstrate DROID and JHOVE for validation and MediaInfo for characterisation\, showing attendees not just how to run the tools\, but how to interpret the results and make their preservation decisions.\n\nDigital preservation workflows typically begin with understanding what digital objects contain\, whether they are valid\, and what their significant properties are. These fundamental questions - addressed through identification\, validation\, and characterization - form the foundation of any preservation strategy. Frameworks like the NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation and OAIS Reference Model [3] describe what capabilities organizations need\; this workshop shows how to implement them with practical tools.The Open Preservation Foundation (OPF) has developed a Reference Workflow [1] that maps common preservation activities to the pre-ingest and ingest stages of the OAIS [3] model. This workshop operationalizes that workflow\, giving participants practical experience with the open-source tools that implement each stage - and crucially\, how to interpret results to inform preservation decisions.Building digital preservation communities requires overcoming barriers to accessing specialized tools. CloudViPER addresses this by providing a fully configured virtual environment accessible through any web browser\, available for teaching or digital preservation. Participants can focus on learning the workflow and sharing experiences rather than troubleshooting installation issues. The small group format enables rich peer learning and discussion of real-world challenges - we expect and will encourage subject matter experts to be among the participants\, and their contributions enrich the workshop for everyone.\n\nOur demonstration aims to:\n- Introduce the OPF Reference Workflow as a practical framework for digital preservation\n- Display format Identification as a media file (using FIDO or DROID) [4]\n- Establish Validation techniques&nbsp\;\n- Explore characterization and metadata extraction&nbsp\;\n- Demonstrate how the tools can be chained together into automated workflows\n\nThis demonstration is ideal for participants across all experience levels\, from newcomers to digital preservation to practitioners\, managers\, and educators.&nbsp\;\n\nOur demonstration will provide an easy-to-follow introduction to digital preservation workflows\, following the FIAT/IFTA theme of showing how to protect audiovisual content longevity and the OAIS model.Attendees will leave with access to further learning resources and a practical understanding of how open-source tools can support their preservation needs.\n\nReferences\n[1]&nbsp\;Open Preservation Foundation\, "OPF Reference Workflow\," [Online]. Available: https://openpreservation.org/resources/opf-reference-workflow/.[2]&nbsp\;N. L. o. D. P. W. Group\, "Levels of Digital Preservation V2.0\," [Online]. Available: https://osf.io/2mkwx/.[3]&nbsp\;The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems\, "Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (OAIS)\," [Online]. Available: https://public.ccsds.org/Pubs/650x0m2.pdf .[4]&nbsp\;Open Preservation Foundation\, "Tools - Open Preservation Foundation\," [Online]. Available: https://openpreservation.org/tools/ .[5] Open Preservation Foundation\, "CloudViPER1 Release\,"[Online]. Available: https://openpreservation.org/tools/cloudviper/
CATEGORIES:DEMO
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/173378a2d08761ec777b1e0d850c1d89
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260605T143500Z
DTEND:20260605T150000Z
SUMMARY:Coffee Break
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:BREAK
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/2ad496065845748c004a49d67b3f1a5c
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260605T150000Z
DTEND:20260605T155500Z
SUMMARY:Beyond Baking: New Tools for Understanding and Overcoming Tape Degralescence
DESCRIPTION:Worldwide\, millions of historically invaluable audio and video recordings stored on magnetic tape are at risk of being lost forever\, with digitisation hindered by media degradation and playback equipment obsolescence. In this panel\, we will explore the possibilities opened by combining scientific\, lab-based characterisation techniques to understand degradation mechanisms and their origins.\n\nWe will connect microscopic measurements to the real-world “syndromes” encountered in archives\, such as sticky-shed and adhesion syndromes and embrittlement\, drawing on case studies from private and national archives worldwide.\n\nRecent synchrotron X-ray imaging results show that tape degradation is not limited to the binder. The magnetic pigment can also degrade\, potentially leading to loss of stored information. Complementary diagnostics (e.g.\, spectroscopy\, microscopy\, and magnetic measurements) can reveal degradation pathways and help explain observed failures.\n\nTo address equipment obsolescence\, we will introduce progress towards a universal tape reader using a high-sensitivity\, touchless magnetic readout architecture\, aimed at reducing reliance on increasingly scarce legacy machines.\n\nThe discussion will focus on practical decision points: what measurements can tell us about risk\, which interventions are likely to help (or harm)\, and how to translate lab diagnostics into actionable guidance for digitisation workflows and long-term storage. From the perspective of content libraries\, we will also highlight the scale and value of at-risk collections\, and the accelerating opportunities for access as new technologies mature. We will conclude with a forward-looking view of how scientific innovation can help overcome tape degradation and format obsolescence\, and how archives can position themselves to take advantage of these emerging capabilities.
CATEGORIES:DISCUSSION PANEL
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
UID:802a194c8d77f7992e80333947e71179
URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/802a194c8d77f7992e80333947e71179
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DTSTAMP:20260606T092706Z
DTSTART:20260605T155500Z
DTEND:20260605T160000Z
SUMMARY:Closing Speeches
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CATEGORIES:OTHER
LOCATION:Royal Irish Academy
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://pmcseminar2026.sched.com/event/138f6441793510221e8904e6ed2bd3e1
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